LA FRESNES Roger de (La Fresnaye Roger de)

(1885-1925)
Born July 11, 1885 in Le Mans. In 1903 entered the Acadц?mie Julian, where he befriended A. Dunoyer de Segonzakom, L. Moreau and J. Bussinolem. Later he studied under Maurice Denis and P. de Serizy at the Academy Ransona. Individual style La Frenet formed around 1910, when he became acquainted with the works of Jean Braque and Picasso and became friendly with the Cubists. As an example of a peculiar interpretation of the principles of cubism in La Frenet can cause such work as Artillery (1911) and the conquest of the air (1913). He died in Grasse La Frenet November 27, 1925.